Detecting arrangement and method for a magnetic gripper device
CA 2619740 C · Owner: Delaval Holding Ab · Inventors: Sjoeblom, Krister
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A detecting arrangement for a magnetic gripper device (3) mountable on a robot arm (10) of a milking robot (2) provided for automatically attaching teat cups (5) to the teats of a milking animal, wherein the magnetic gripper device is adapted for gripping teat cups made of or comprising a magnetic material and comprises a primary coil (31) feedable with a current and a core (33) of a magnetic material arranged at least partly within the primary coil. The detecting arrangement comprises means (41 43; 43; 53) for repetitively , sensing a magnetic field an inductance, or a change thereof, as caused by a teat cup (5) when being present at, or gripped by the magnetic gripper device , (3); …
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- Filed August 29, 2006 and granted April 8, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 29, 2026.
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